linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NET: fix wrong English expression in comments

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Message-ID: <496C4987.8040803@cosmosbay.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:57:59 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	joe.tian.kernel@...il.com, lizf@...fujitsu.com,
	qhfeng.kernel@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: fix wrong English expression in comments

David Miller a écrit :
> From: joe tian <joe.tian.kernel@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:36:51 +0800
> 
>> 2009/1/12 Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>:
>>>> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct inet_bind_bucket;
>>>>  struct inet_timewait_sock {
>>>>       /*
>>>>        * Now struct sock also uses sock_common, so please just
>>>> -      * don't add nothing before this first member (__tw_common) --acme
>>>> +      * don't add anything before this first member (__tw_common) --acme
>>> They are the same meaning...
>>>
>> I don't think they are the same meaning.
>> I think "don't add anything" means "do add nothing" but not means "don't add
>> nothing"
> 
> No offense to anyone, but the only people arguing for "correctness"
> seem to be non-native speakers of English.  Is this correct? :-)
> 
> As Ben tries to explain, "don't add nothing" is a colloquialism of
> English that in fact can mean "do not add"
> 
> It sounds amusing when read, and I'm not killing the character and
> personality of this comment just for some language lawyering.
> 
> No way.

Oh my God... time for me to check what is a colloquialism :)


According to wikipedia :

A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, 
writing or paralinguistics. Colloquialisms are also sometimes 
referred to collectively as "colloquial language". [1] Colloquialisms
or colloquial language is considered to be characteristic of or only
appropriate for casual, ordinary, familiar, or informal conversation
rather than formal speech or writing.[2] Dictionaries often display
colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier.


Ouch... back to coding :)

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